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ContainerAj111 a-b

Container (part a) of wood with a leather lid (part b) held by a strap. Container (part a) is bulbous-shaped and flared at the bottom. Painted black and red with a design of inverted 'u's'. Lid (part b) has a sewn top with four small flaps. Leather strap is connected by two cords on either side of container. Bottom is coiled in concentric rings of grass; some white particles on area near strap of handle. Red plastic melted on lower bottom near flared edge, in large chip of wood, and a rounded bottom.

Culture
Turkana
Material
wood, leather skin and grass
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowNa1055

Curved piece of bone; hole in each end strung with length of rawhide. Two holes in rawhide, one at end, another smaller hole three-quarters along bone's length. Hard outer casing of bone near one end has worn away to reveal marrow. Opposite side to worn area has 7.5 cm.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone and rawhide skin
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAj110

Round pot-like-shaped container: lower half is round and short with a leather strap going over the mouth forming four straps connecting on the bottom and knotted together. Larger in the centre then narrowing at the top. Leather around the neck connecting to the leather on the lower half. Once painted red, blood, and ochre, worn off in most areas.

Culture
Turkana
Material
leather skin, wood and ochre pigment
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AmuletCa56

Amulet, or charm, composed of three stuffed red leather pouches with string passing through a looped passage at the top of each, which is stitched with a strip of leather.

Culture
Amhara
Material
leather skin, sinew and dye
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LyreCa39

Lyre with two arms and crossbar, all incised with a criss-cross design. The arms fit into plastic bowl covered with two pieces of tanned skin and hand sewn with goat gut. Six plastic strings are fastened to six pegs and lashed around the pegs and the crossbar. The strings are fastened across the front of the sound box over a wooden bridge and are all tied to a piece of gut which is sewn onto the sound box and stretched.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
goat intestine, plastic, goat skin and wood
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gloves1176/13 a-b

Pair of white gloves with black patches of animal skin with long fur sewn onto the fingertips and the back of the hand (missing on part b). Long, clear plastic claws are also sewn onto the fingertips.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian ?
Material
synthetic fibre, plastic and animal skin
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumNa1014

Wood is bent in circle with overlapping ends which are drilled, tied, and nailed. Short wooden handle with notch on one end is lashed to hoop with cord. Skin is stretched tightly over hoop and wrapped with cord which sits in groove. String piece tied near handle.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
iron metal, sinew, cotton fibre, wood and rawhide skin
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAj126

Container with flat wide bottom that has a narrowing neck and flat smaller top. Camel hide with brown white hair still on it, covering the bottom connected with five longer strips to a narrowed neck where a ring of leather is tied. Cap is made from hide connected with handle.

Culture
Turkana
Material
camel skin and wood
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlAd58

Calabash or gourd sliced in half. Hollow pumpkin-shaped and very deep with a curved handle on one end. Outside surface covered with black incised geometric linear lines with snakes, lizards, and other creatures around the centre area bordered by abstract patterns. Leather strip pierced through in three holes in a loop.

Culture
East African
Material
calabash fruit and leather skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAj125

Small round fat container. Convex cowhide cap with hair on it. Cap is moulded onto top to form lid. Lower hide cover is tied to leather straps in five places. These are tied to a leather strip which goes around the upper centre. Has leather strap. Two lines of burned holes as design around the top half under lid. Also under the centre strip which holds up the lower cowhide cap. Has large black knot over double strap area.

Culture
Turkana
Material
fibre, cow skin and wood
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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